Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'.

Math is sometimes called the science of patterns.

Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.

AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it.

I was reminded of the Sydney Harris cartoon that said 'adding two numbers that have not been added before does not constitute a mathematical breakthrough'.

Someone has said that all the great jugglers are dead.

The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought.

Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

He who doesn’t want to face his or her challenges shall always face challenges!

May God continue to give us strength for our daily work.

None of us will ever know enough, and that is why humility is a critical component of innovativeness.

Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.

Nothing is absolute

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.

Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow men beyond the bounds of our personal lot.

It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.

Well, the big story -- Hillary Clinton will be running for president in 2008. You know why I think she's running? I think she finally wants to see what it's like to sleep in the president's bed.

Chivalry is not only dead, it’s decomposed.